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Open source stenotype engine
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Plover won't launch in windows with PYTHONHOME variable set to edb directory #1568

Open NickLargey opened 2 years ago

NickLargey commented 2 years ago

Describe the bug

Plover won't launch after installing either the Windows Installer or Portable zip. After deleting PYTHONHOME variable Plover will launch.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

  1. Download either Windows install method
  2. Follow installation guide
  3. Run plover from shortcut or run plover_console.exe from CMD line to get error message

Expected behavior

Plover will not launch

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Operating system OS: Windows 10 Plover Version: 4.0.0.dev12

user202729 commented 2 years ago

Weird case, but it would make sense for the launcher to hard code Python environments (sys.path?) to point to Plover's Python distribution.